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Whether you use a digital or film camera, Starlight Studio is the place for experienced photographic instruction.

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Hope Get-A-Way

Hot Lights Class

Northern Expedition '08

Adobe Photoshop Class

11-Week Photography Class

Private Tutoring


Before Class:

  • Register (See specific course)
  • Review your manuals and make a note of what you do not understand.


Bring to Class:

  • A check for course materials
    (payable to Starlight Studio)
  • All your equipment
  • Manuals for all your equipment

 

Get a 10% discount, if you bring a friend into any class!
Bring your spouse or significant other to the very first class for free so they can understand your camera, too!


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Hope Get-A-Way '08

Join the 3rd Annual Hope Get-A-Way. You will be shooting sunsest, sunrises, landscapes, macros, waterfalls, and so on. You will be so busy learning and doing photography that you'll barely have time to eat!


Date:

 


Sept. 21 – 23

Cost:

x

$95/class

Location:

 

Hope

Registration:

Call me at 907-677-9090 or email me.


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Northern Lights Expedition '08

If you have ever wanted to capture those illusive Northern Lights, this is your chance, so tag along!


Date:

 


As much as I would like to schedule this trip for you, due to the surgical procedure that will be done soon, I do not believe I will not be recovered enough to be an effective instructor so I am not going to be scheduling a NLE 2008 in March. My apologies!

Cost:

x

$125/class

Location:

 

Pending

Registration:

Call me at 907-677-9090 or email me.

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11-Week Photography Class

You want to capture important moments, get your film to the lab, and get good photos back! Yet, many times, they don't come out the way you expected. This course will teach how to do just that. These classes are for film or digital camera users and limited to only 10 people.


Week 1:

 


The English Version of Your Camera's Manual

Week 2:

 

Metering – Making the Right Exposure

Week 3:

 

Depth of Field (DOF)

Week 4:

 

Composition and Design

Week 5:

 

Nature's Light

Week 6:

 

Existing Light Portraiture

Week 7:

 

Flash

Week 8:

 

White Balance and Filters

Week 9:

 

Night Photography

Week 10:

 

Your Greatest Challenge of All

Week 11:

 

Review of Greatest Challenge and Pot Luck

Plus:

 

Photo techniques and insight,dealing with your computer and digital imagery, and maybe a bit of Photoshop magic, too!

 

Anchorage:

Date:

 

Sundays, March 16 – May 25

Time:

 

11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Cost:

 

$375

Location:

 

Alaska Budokan, 7751 King Street

Registration:

 

Call me at 907-677-9090 or email me.

 

Palmer/Wasilla:

Date:

 

Tuesdays, March 18 – May 27

Time:

 

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Cost:

 

$395

Location:

 

The Mad Scrapper, 483 W. Parks Hwy. (in the Wasilla Center)

Registration:

 

Call me at 907-677-9090 or email me.


Course Materials:

  • Course book: The Basic Book of Photography by Tom & Michele Grimm
    (ISBN #0452284252)
  • A gray card
  • Film camer users also bring: 4 rolls of slide film and slide pages

 

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Adobe Photoshop – 4-Week Class

Come full circle with your images: download, organize, open and convert RAW files, cleanup and enhance your photos. Using “layers” plus, use your “image size” window to your advantage. And the final stage – printing.

Anchorage:

Date:

 

Wedesdays, March 19 – April 9

Time:

 

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Cost:

 

$225

Location:

 

Alaska Computer Essentials, 2511 Sentry Drive, #211

Registration:

 

Call me at 907-677-9090 or email me.

 

Palmer/Wasilla:

Date:

 

Thursdays March 20 – April 10

Time:

 

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Cost:

 

$245

Location:

 

The Mad Scrapper, 483 W. Parks Hwy. (in the Wasilla Center)

Registration:

 

Call me at 907-677-9090 or email me.


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Hot Lights Class

The Hot Lights Class will open your eyes on how light works. This class meets for 8 weeks, two evenings per week. One evening will be lecture/demo night and the other evening will be the student's shooting night. Class size is limited to only 6 people. You must have taken the beginning class to attend this one.

Class Challenges:


Week 1:

 

The Meter – Handheld

Week 2:

 

Five Basic Lighting Positions

Week 3:

 

Lighting Ratios

Week 4:

 

Three Light Basic Portrait

Week 5:

 

Four Light Studio Portrait

Week 6:

 

Diffused Lighting Portrait

Week 7:

 

North Light Portrait

Week 8:

 

Our Final Day

Date:

 

Pending

Time:

 

Pending

Cost:

 

$450

Location:

 

Pending

Registration:  

Call me at 907-677-9090

 


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Course Materials:

  • Film Users: $42 (7 rolls of film)
  • Digital Users: $0

Other Expenses for Film Camera Users Only:

  • Bring an 80A filter for your lenses (Make sure it fits the largest diameter lens you own and has setup rings for your smaller diameter lenses.)
  • Film processing of one (1) roll of film per week

 


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Private Tutoring

If a weekly class does not fit your schedule or a classroom is not your scene, consider private tutoring. Choose a class curriculum listed above or whatever you want to learn.

Cost:

  • $35/hour for one-on-one
  • $40/hour for 2 people
  • $50/hour for 3 – 5 people
  • $60/hour for 6+ people

 

Registraton: To schedule classes, contact Starlight Studio.


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